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Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Expansion Fact Sheet
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The Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland has now been expanded, adding around 152,000 hectares to the largest contiguous area of protected land in the world. The expanded area was previously managed as Green...
Knowledge Transfer Event: New Draft Wellsite Certification Guidance Documents
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June 7th, 2021 at 12:00pm MST to June 7th, 2021 at 1:00pm MST
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Lake Acidification Potential in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program Study Area
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Planned increases in oil sands developments with increased outputs of oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, led to a definitive study to assess the susceptibility of nearby lakes to acidification
“Learning Together”: Braiding Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Understand Freshwater Mussel Health in the Lower Athabasca Region of Alberta, Canada
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Fort McMurray Métis Elders and land users have observed a decrease in the population density of freshwater mussels (known locally as clams; Unionidae) in the lower Athabasca region (LAR) in recent...
Less Flammable Vegetation for Linear Industry Rights-‐of-‐way
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FPInnovations launched a multi-year study to determine whether a less-flammable, herbaceous species could replace the flammable grasses that typically colonize linear ROWs
Leveraging Genomics Tools to Explore Relationships Between Agriculture, Biodiversity and Waterfowl Productivity in Prairie Wetlands
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Environmental genomics is a research method that sequences DNA from samples collected from the environment (e.g. wetlands, water, soil, organisms, etc.). This method can accelerate species...
Life of Coal Mine Planning – Engaging in Land Use Planning at Luscar and Gregg River Mines
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The Luscar and Gregg River Mines Land Management Plan Working Group was formed to develop a land management plan. The process engaged stakeholders representing a variety of community interests
Logging Paused in A La Peche Caribou Range, Conservation Groups Call for Long-term Protection
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West Fraser Hinton paused its controversial clearcut logging plan in critical habitat of the threatened A La Peche caribou in west-central Alberta, following the province’s creation of a temporary “No...
Long Term Prediction of Vegetation Performance on Mined Sands
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This project on the "Long Term Prediction of Vegetation Performance On Mined Sands" (V.E.6.1) was undertaken to provide management with answers on the predictive ability to maintain different kinds of...
Longitudinal Study of Personal Adjustment and Social Conditions in the Fort McMurray Area Vol I: Research Design
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Establish a research design for a longitudinal study to identify and explain the relationships between social and personal adjustment of people in the oil sands region
Longitudinal Study of Personal Adjustment and Social Conditions in the Fort McMurray Area Vol II.a: Background Papers
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Investigate the feasibility of establishing a set of ''social indicators'' for the Fort McMurray study area. In this background Paper we set out the results of our examination, and our conclusions
Longitudinal Study of Personal Adjustment and Social Conditions in the Fort McMurray Area Vol II.b: Time-use Diaries
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Time-use diary is a data collection instrument intended to furnish a detailed account of daily individual activities by type, sequence, duration and location to show how people spend their time
Low Extent but High Impact of Human Land Use on Wetland Flora Across the Boreal Oil Sands Region
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Boreal wetlands are at risk of degradation from anthropogenic activities including oil sands energy extraction. Despite efforts to monitor the impacts of oil sands energy extraction-related activities...
Management of Soil Sterilant Impacted Sites
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Objective - develop a collective understanding of the scope of sites impacted by soil sterilants (bromacil and tebuthiuron) and the specific challenges associated with their remediation and management
Management of Sterilant Impacted Sites: Literature Synthesis
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Several major challenges were identified associated with management of sterilant-impacted sites in Alberta through this literature review, industry consultation and personal communication
Managing Wolves (Canis Lupus) to Recover Threatened Woodland Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus Caribou) in Alberta
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Across Canada, woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)) populations are declining because of human-induced changes to food webs that are resulting in apparent competition-induced...
Manual on Soil Conservation and Pipeline Construction
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Five common soil handling procedures for conservation of agricultural lands during pipeline construction are discussed in terms of their relative effectiveness for different soil types
Mapping and Characterization of Cutover Peatlands
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Methodology for cost-effective soil survey and sampling of cutover peatlands, and obtaining baseline chemical information and data interpretation for peat materials to examine reclamation alternatives